by Sydney Smith on Mar 18, 2012
Babble Apologizes for Plagiarism
Walt Disney Company-owned parenting website Babble announced March 13 that it fired one of its writers for plagiarism. According to...
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 17, 2012
Public Radio’s This American Life Retracts Mike Daisey FoxConn Story with Fabrications
Public radio program This American Life retracted a report on Apple by Mike Daisey that was "the single most popular...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2012
Former Newspaper Association Prez Accused of ‘Serial Plagiarism’
Poynter's Craig Silverman and Andrew Beaujon highlighted a shocking case of plagiarism by a former North Dakota Newspaper Association president,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2012
LAT Ran at least 7 Corrections on Danish versus Dutch since ’06
The Los Angeles Times has mixed up news about the Danish and the Dutch on numerous occasions over the past...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 16, 2012
Nonprofit News Site NewsTrust Closes as ‘Consumer Destination’
In a January post, NewsTrust's Fabrice Florin announced NewsTrust was closing. The site identified itself as a "nonprofit news service"...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2012
CJR Criticizes Bloomberg News’ Policy on Reporting on Itself, Parent Company
Columbia Journalism Review's Ryan Chittum questioned Bloomberg News's lack of reporting on its owner, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg....
by Sydney Smith on Mar 12, 2012
AWARDS: 1st Data Journalism Awards this Year, Awards will Promote & Set Best Practices, Standards
The European Journalism Centre,an "independent, international, non-profit institute dedicated to the highest standards in journalism," is accepting entries for the...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2012
Georgia Student Newspaper the Colonnade Apologizes for Plagiarism
Georgia College & State University's student newspaper The Colonnade, published a March 1 note to readers apologizing for publishing a...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2012
WaPo Public Editor Advises Staff on Responding to Reader Concerns
The Washington Post's public editor Patrick Pexton called on the Post's staff to be more responsive and polite to readers...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 09, 2012
CALL FOR PAPERS: AEJMC Calls for Media Ethics Papers
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication announced a call for papers about media ethics in a recent...